Project Details
Projekt
GRK 1070: Modelling Material Flows and Production Systems for Sustainable Resource Use in Intensified Crop Production in the North China Plain
Subject Area
Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine
Term
from 2004 to 2013
Project identifier
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 425187
Agricultural food production in the North China Plain is characterised by high level production intensities, crop rotations and yields. Sustainability has not been taken into account in the development of Chinas agriculture that has been mainly focused on raising productivity in order to meet the needs of a growing population with rising living standards. As a consequence, agricultural production in China entails serious environmental problems like reduced water availability, air and water pollution, and soil degradation.
The project is a collaboration of University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, and China Agricultural University, Beijing. It aims at developing cropping systems and management practices for the North China Plain that guaranty high intensities and are, at the same time, environmentally, economically and socially sound. This requires clearly identifying, measuring and modelling the related material flow effects in cropping systems. Strategies to reduce or avoid negative effects have to be developed, analysed and assessed on field, farm and regional levels in order to derive suitable agro-environmental policy measures.
The International Research Training Group consists of eleven subprojects of various disciplines (physics, soil sciences, plant breeding, plant ecology, plant nutrition, plant production, agricultural informatics, farm management, rural development policy). Research is jointly conducted by German and Chinese project leaders, PhD Students and Postdocs. All subprocjects use modelling approaches on different levels and scales in order to establish linkages between levels and projects. Modelling approaches of agricultural systems are therefore the major topic in the accompanying study programme.
The project is a collaboration of University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, and China Agricultural University, Beijing. It aims at developing cropping systems and management practices for the North China Plain that guaranty high intensities and are, at the same time, environmentally, economically and socially sound. This requires clearly identifying, measuring and modelling the related material flow effects in cropping systems. Strategies to reduce or avoid negative effects have to be developed, analysed and assessed on field, farm and regional levels in order to derive suitable agro-environmental policy measures.
The International Research Training Group consists of eleven subprojects of various disciplines (physics, soil sciences, plant breeding, plant ecology, plant nutrition, plant production, agricultural informatics, farm management, rural development policy). Research is jointly conducted by German and Chinese project leaders, PhD Students and Postdocs. All subprocjects use modelling approaches on different levels and scales in order to establish linkages between levels and projects. Modelling approaches of agricultural systems are therefore the major topic in the accompanying study programme.
DFG Programme
International Research Training Groups
International Connection
China
Applicant Institution
Universität Hohenheim
IRTG-Partner Institution
China Agricultural University
Spokesperson
Professor Dr. Reiner Doluschitz
Participating Researchers
Privatdozentin Dr. Regina Belz; Professor Dr. Wilhelm Claupein; Professor Dr. Andreas Fangmeier; Professorin Dr. Eva Gallmann; Professor Dr. Roland Gerhards; Professorin Dr. Simone Graeff-Hönninger; Professor Dr. Ulrich Haas; Professor Dr. Franz Heidhues (†); Dr. Joachim Ingwersen; Professor Dr. Albrecht E. Melchinger; Professor Dr. Joachim Müller; Professor Dr. Torsten Müller; Dr. Judit Pfenning; Professor Dr. Karl Stahr; Professor Dr. Thilo Streck; Dr. Hans-Dieter Wizemann; Professor Dr. Jürgen Zeddies; Professor Dr. Manfred Zeller; Dr. Gudrun Zühlke
Cooperation Partners
Professor Dr. Qing Chen; Professor Dr. Xinping Chen; Professor Dr. Shaojiang Chen; Professor Dr. Xiongkui He; Professor Dr. Rongfeng Jiang; Professor Dr. Xiaotang Ju; Professor Dr. Baoguo Li; Professor Dr. Xuejun Liu; Professor Dr. Hanwen Ni; Professor Dr. Fang Su; Professor Dr. Pu Wang; Professor Dr. Laping Wu; Professor Dr. Haifeng Xiao; Professor Dr. Zhenrong Yu; Professor Dr. Fusuo Zhang
